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Corporal FREDERICK THOMAS PURNELL

Service Number: 14205553
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

51. D. 4.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Victor Edward and Lilian Margaret Purnell, of Watford, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GRANT ETERNAL LIFE TO THIS BOY WHOSE LIFE HERE ON EARTH WAS SO SHORT
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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